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Vizio, a top smart-tv maker, has launched a branded content studio as part of its push into streaming programming.

The new business unit, unveiled Monday during the NewFronts, is expanding on a test show, 3 Pointers. The series, sponsored by BetMGM, is hosted by Man vs. Food‘s Casey Webb. It features sports-themed “hacks” related to food, beverages and entertainment for sports viewers.

The new brand studio’s slate includes Clean Break, a TikTok-inspired organizing show hosted by Michelle Hobgood; Island Eats, a food-and-travel series focused on obscure parts of the Caribbean; City Limits, showcasing unexpected offerings found just outside the border of cities; and From the Ground Up, a series hosted by comedian Rance Nix that shines a light on industry experts and entrepreneurs in multiple sectors.

The new brand studio “is the natural evolution for our team to offer advertisers an opportunity to authentically communicate the voice and value of their brand,...

It was announced this week that HBO Max comedy “The Other Two” will kick off its 10-episode third season on May 4. The show focuses on the less famous siblings of a well-known family. With a talk-show host mother (played by Molly Shannon) and a pop star younger brother (Case Walker), the remaining children (Heléne Yorke and Drew Tarver) are fighting to establish identities of their own. So why do they keep comparing themselves to others?

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Also this week, Netflix released the trailer for the upcoming dark comic series “Beef.” Premiering on April 6 and starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, the show involves a road rage incident — and its revenge-oriented aftermath. He’s a failed contractor and she’s a successful entrepreneur, but when anger gets the better of them, their feud begins to...

Culinary programming has gone through a bit of a renaissance lately thanks to popular streaming services like Netflix, but there's still nothing quite like The Food Network or its sister network The Cooking Channel when it comes to our favorite food-centric shows. Whether we're interested in

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What's in store for Man v. Food? Recently, Travel Channel announced the TV show's seventh season will premiere later this month.The new season will see Casey Webb travel to "14 new cities for a slew of bigger, bolder challenges including a cauldron of pho in Baltimore, a colossal crepe piled high with Thai ice cream in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a 5-pound platter of Tater Tot nachos in Atlanta."Read More…...

Who got signed, promoted, hired or fired? The Hollywood Reporter’s Rep Sheet rounds up the week in representation news. To submit announcements for consideration, contact rebecca.sun@thr.com.

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Man V. Food host Casey Webb has signed with CAA. He previously was with Don Buchwald & Associates. The Travel Channel revived the series, originally hosted by Adam Richman, earlier this year and has renewed the reboot with Webb for a 14-episode second season. As an actor and comedian, Webb also has appeared on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and several national commercials.

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The battle will continue. Today, Travel Channel announced they've ordered a second season of their Man v. Food revival.The docuseries reboot follows new host Casey Webb as he travels around the country to take on tremendous, outrageous and mind-boggling food challenges. The series formerly featured food enthusiast Adam Richman and ran for four seasons before ending in 2012.Read More…...

Man v. Food, the long-running Travel Channel series that saw Adam Richman taking on the country’s biggest food challenges, is back with new host Casey Webb.

A self-taught chef and actor -- he's appeared on Part-Timers and Inside Amy Schumer -- Webb tells Et that it’s his many years in the restaurant industry “that's helped me get to where I am today.”

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On the series, which returns Monday, Aug. 7 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt, Webb is tasked with traveling around the country to take on foods that we all love. “They just happen to be greater in proportions or spicier,” he says, adding that nothing is more inspiring than “traveling to a city and meeting folks and trying their food for the first time.”

In the new season, that means traveling to Chicago, Houston, Billings, Montana, Charleston...

We the Kings are kidnapped by their obsessed fan in a music video for their latest single "Promise the Stars". The fan played by comedian Casey Webb first abducts the frontman Travis Clark before then taking the rest members of the band to his basement.

"Promise the Stars" is lifted from We the Kings' second studio effort "Smile Kid" which has been in stores since December last year. The album has Demi Lovato as the only featured guest in "We'll Be a Dream" and is led by single "Heaven Can Wait" which hit over 30 Top 40 stations in the first two weeks of release.

After completing 2010 Warped Tour, We the Kings are going to fly to Japan for a series of live concerts. They will start the traveling show in the country on September 20 in Nagoya and continue at least through September 27 in Tokyo. Fans can visit his MySpace for detailed info about the concert dates.